| Biography |
Born in Rochford, Essex in England, she spent a short time in South Benfleet, Essex, was relocated to Ontario, Canada, at the age of 3. She is blonde, the colour of her eyes is blue, and is 5'9" (175 cm) tall.
Amanda is married to Mr. Alan Kovacs. She has three brothers (Richard, Christopher and Stephen), of whom two are older than herself and one is her twin brother, who just happened to be Science Fiction fans. One of her elder brothers is a biochemist, and her twin brother is a computer programmer. Amanda has a dog named Abbie. She prefers to keep her private life private.
Since she can remember, she says, her parents always begged her to go into science. At the same time, however, Amanda adds, according to her mother, she always wanted to be an actress. She excelled in math when she was younger but then got to high school and became more interested in arts. At high school (North Toronto High) she won the Dramatic Arts Award and Environmental Science Award. She says, "I always had this sort of inkling I'd like to be a doctor when I was younger, and then, of course, like everyone else, wanted to be a marine biologist, but acting was always in the forefront." As a child, Amanda liked to watch "Little House on the Prairie (1974)" and also, with her mother, "Coronation Street (1960)". She confesses she got totally hooked on it during her university days and she would love to have a guest appearance on the series. Her father was a huge Monty Python fan.
She's a graduate of the University of Windsor School of Dramatic Arts. Amanda has worked in theatre as well as tv. She's had guest appearances in "The X Files (1993)", "Due South (1994)", "Forever Knight (1992)", and "The Outer Limits (1995)". She's been in various TV movies.
She likes reading and writing and she's a writer/performer/co-founder of a comedy troupe Random Acts. Away from the set of Stargate SG-1, Tapping loves to read, hike, camp, ski and ride horses.
She and her husband now live in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her favorite charities include the MS Society, Pollution Probe and SPCA. She's vivacious and with a distinct inclination towards mischief - quite unlike sensible, sober Samantha Carter.
She has a dog which she takes to work with her. |